Knoydart and Sound of Sleat Archive

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On this page you can view the images captured by the Knoydart and Sound of Sleat webcam 17 hours a day over the past 30 days.

Briefly, use the table of times and dates below to choose the point of interest. Press the play button under the image to play a time-lapse sequence of images from the current time until the end of the selected day.

This webcam looks north east from the college across the Sound of Sleat to "Britain's last wilderness", the Knoydart peninsula. Knoydart is accessible only on foot or by sea. There are regular sailings by Bruce Watt Cruises from Mallaig to Inverie, the sole village on Knoydart. In addition to being home to approximately 100 people, Inverie boasts The Old Forge, the remotest pub on mainland Britain.

A picture is taken every 15 minutes between the hours of 05:00 and 22:00 UK local time (5am to 10pm). Outside of these hours there is nothing to see but blackness. Not just any blackness, but that special West Coast of Scotland blackness that, devoid of light pollution, is so black that light literally falls in to it. Click on the tables of times and dates to the left to jump directly to a hour. Please remember that you can only view pictures for today up to the current time!

Use the video recorder style buttons forward and rewind buttons under the picture to step through the selected day 15 minutes at a time. Alternatively press the play button to play a time-lapse sequence from morning until night.

The Last Thirty Days

The pictures below have been taken at 13:00 (1pm UK local time) on each of the past thirty days. Click on a picture to display a larger version of it above.

Thursday 25-Apr

Friday 26-Apr

Saturday 27-Apr

Sunday 28-Apr

Monday 29-Apr

Tuesday 30-Apr

Wednesday 01-May

Thursday 02-May

Friday 03-May

Saturday 04-May

Sunday 05-May

Monday 06-May

Tuesday 07-May

Wednesday 08-May

Thursday 09-May

Friday 10-May

Saturday 11-May

Sunday 12-May

Monday 13-May

Tuesday 14-May

Wednesday 15-May

Thursday 16-May

Friday 17-May

Saturday 18-May

Sunday 19-May

Monday 20-May

Tuesday 21-May

Wednesday 22-May

Thursday 23-May

Friday 24-May

More Information

This webcam is located on the Àrainn Chalum Chille campus of the Sabhal Mòr Ostaig College, approximately 3km (2 miles) north east of the Armadale ferry terminal.

Satellite image showing the location of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig College and approximate field of view of this webcam. Original image copyright 2006 MDA Earthsat

Satellite image showing the location of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig College and approximate field of view of this webcam. Original image copyright 2006 MDA Earthsat

Click here to view a zoomable map of the area covered by the webcam courtesy of Multimap.

The Sound of Sleat used to be the main thoroughfare for coastal shipping to and from the Highland and Islands. Today commercial shipping has largely been displaced by pleasure and leisure craft, including the luxurious Hebridean Princess cruise ship (the former CalMac ferry MV "Columba").

These waters were used extensively by the Royal Navy for training during World War II and were protected at each end by an anti-submarine barriers controlled from a nearby requisitioned hunting lodge, now the Duisdale Country House Hotel. Today the barriers may be gone but Royal Navy surface vessels can still be seen on this webcam as they traverse the Sound on their way to the British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre (BUTEC) to the north west of the Skye Bridge. The submarines are much harder to spot, especially when submerged!

Acknowledgment

Thank you to Sabhal Mòr Ostaig College for providing the infrastructure and view. A special thank you to Caoimhín and Dòmhnall for their assistance and enthusiasm.